Carla Penz
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Carla Penz's Degrees
- Bachelors Biology University of California, Berkeley
- Masters Entomology University of California, Berkeley
- PhD Entomology University of California, Berkeley
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Carla Maria Penz is a butterfly comparative morphologist and systematist, and the Doris Zemurray Stone Chair in Biodiversity at the University of New Orleans. Her research also focuses on natural history and behavior, mostly of neotropical butterflies.
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- Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In : Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness (2011) (399)
- Vertical distribution, flight behaviour and evolution of wing morphology in Morpho butterflies. (2010) (131)
- Higher level phylogeny for the passion‐vine butterflies (Nymphalidae, Heliconiinae) based on early stage and adult morphology (1999) (97)
- Mouthparts of heliconius butterflies (LEPIDOPTERA : NYMPHALIDAE) : a search for anatomical adaptations to pollen-feeding behavior (1998) (64)
- Phylogenetic relationships among Heliconiinae genera based on morphology (Lepidoptera : Nymphalidae) (2003) (60)
- Phylogenetic Analysis of Morpho Butterflies (Nymphalidae, Morphinae): Implications for Classification and Natural History (2002) (41)
- Behavioral Adaptations to Pollen-Feeding in Heliconius Butterflies (Nymphalidae, Heliconiinae): An Experiment Using Lantana Flowers (2000) (41)
- Cruising the rain forest floor: butterfly wing shape evolution and gliding in ground effect. (2015) (40)
- Molecular phylogeny and higher systematics of the metalmark butterflies (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae) (2018) (39)
- The Butterflies of Venezuela, Part 2: Nymphalidae II (Acraeinae, Libytheinae, Nymphalinae, Ithomiinae, Morphinae). (2016) (30)
- Both Palatable and Unpalatable Butterflies Use Bright Colors to Signal Difficulty of Capture to Predators (2016) (30)
- Diversification of Morpho butterflies (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae): a re‐evaluation of morphological characters and new insight from DNA sequence data (2012) (27)
- Entomophagy, Behavior, and Elongated Thoracic Legs in the Myrmecophilous Neotropical Butterfly Alesa amesis (Riodinidae)1 (2000) (26)
- Adult and early‐stage characters of Brassolini contain conflicting phylogenetic signal (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) (2013) (26)
- Lekking in Neotropical Owl Butterflies, Caligo illioneus and C. oileus (Lepidoptera: Brassolinae) (2004) (25)
- Evaluating the monophyly and phylogenetic relationships of Brassolini genera (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) (2007) (24)
- Early stages of Caligo illioneus and C. idomeneus (Nymphalidae, Brassolinae) from Panama, with remarks on larval food plants for the subfamily (2000) (24)
- Proboscis Morphology and Its Relationship to Feeding Habits in Noctuid Moths (2011) (22)
- Diversity and composition of Arctiinae moth assemblages along elevational and spatial dimensions in Brazilian Atlantic Forest (2015) (21)
- Two new species of Actinote (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) from Southeastern Brazil (2004) (21)
- New species of Actinote (Hubner (Nymphalidae: Acraeinae) from southeastern Brazil (1996) (21)
- Species limits in butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): Reconciling classical taxonomy with the multispecies coalescent (2018) (18)
- An illustrated key to male Actinote from Southeastern Brazil (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) (2006) (18)
- Butterfly dispersal across Amazonia and its implication for biogeography (2015) (17)
- Parasitism and grooming behavior of a natural white-tailed deer population in Alabama (2017) (16)
- Preliminary assessment of the tribe Lemoniini (Lepidoptera, Riodinidae) based on adult morphology. American Museum novitates ; no. 3284 (1999) (15)
- The Early Stages and Natural History of Antirrhea Adoptive Porphyrosticta (Watkins, 1928) in Eastern Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Morphinae) (2009) (15)
- Interaction between Papilio hectorides (Papilionidae) and four host plants (Piperaceae, Rutaceae) in a southern Brazilian population (1991) (14)
- Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and taxonomic richness (2011) (14)
- Phylogenetic Revision of Eryphanis Boisduval, with a Description of a New Species from Ecuador (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) (2008) (13)
- Conserved ancestral tropical niche but different continental histories explain the latitudinal diversity gradient in brush-footed butterflies (2021) (13)
- High butterfly beta diversity between Brazilian cerrado and cerrado–caatinga transition zones (2017) (13)
- Mesoamerica is a cradle and the Atlantic Forest is a museum of Neotropical butterfly diversity: insights from the evolution and biogeography of Brassolini (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) (2019) (12)
- Systematic position of Apodemia paucipuncta (Riodinidae), and a critical evaluation of the nymphidiine transtilla (2006) (12)
- Neotropical Blepolenis butterflies: wing pattern elements, phylogeny, and Pleistocene diversification (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) (2011) (11)
- A new species of Opsiphanes Doubleday, [1849] from western México (Nymphalidae: Morphinae: Brassolini) (2007) (11)
- Wing pattern diversity in Brassolini butterflies (Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) (2013) (11)
- Natural History of Eryphanis greeneyi (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) and Its Enemies, with a Description of a New Species of Braconid Parasitoid and Notes on Its Tachinid Parasitoid (2011) (10)
- The phylogeny of Opoptera butterflies, and an assessment of the systematic position of O. staudingeri (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) (2009) (9)
- A new Orobrassolis butterfly (Nymphalidae, Brassolini): a casualty of habitat destruction? (2011) (9)
- Did Adult Diurnal Activity Influence the Evolution of Wing Morphology in Opoptera Butterflies? (2016) (8)
- Phylogenetic relationships of Hamadryas (Nymphalidae: Biblidinae) based on the combined analysis of morphological and molecular data (2013) (7)
- Phylogeny of Dynastor and Brassolis butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): a tough nut to crack (2009) (7)
- The Influence of Mimicry on Wing Shape Evolution in the Butterfly Papilio dardanus (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) (2018) (7)
- Revised species definitions and nomenclature of the rose colored Cithaerias butterflies (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae). (2014) (7)
- Large Hind Wings Enhance Gliding Performance in Ground Effect in a Neotropical Butterfly (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) (2019) (6)
- The biology of Batesia hypochlora in an Ecuadorian Rainforest (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). (1999) (6)
- Regular ArticleHigher level phylogeny for the passion-vine butterflies (Nymphalidae, Heliconiinae) based on early stage and adult morphology (1999) (6)
- A phylogenetic reassessment of Thisbe and Uraneis butterflies (Riodinidae, Nymphidiini) (2001) (6)
- Phylogeny of Dasyophthalma Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Brassolini) (2009) (5)
- Documenting diversity in the Amazonian butterfly genus Bia (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). (2017) (5)
- Exploring Color Pattern Diversification in Early Lineages of Satyrinae (Nymphalidae) (2017) (5)
- The latitudinal diversity gradient in brush-footed butterflies (Nymphalidae): conserved ancestral tropical niche but different continental histories (2020) (4)
- Wing Morphology and Body Design in Opsiphanes and Caligo Butterflies Match the Demands of Male Mating Displays (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) (2020) (4)
- Description of the early stages of Podotricha telesiphe (Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae) (1995) (3)
- Adult and early-stage characters of Brassolini contain conflicting phylogenetic signal (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) [X27059] Morphological matrix from Penz et al 2013 (prepared by MorphoBank curators from original submission) (2020) (2)
- Entomophagy, Behavior, and Elongated Thoracic Legs in the Myrmecophilous Neotropical Butterfly Alesa amesis (Riodinidae) 1 (2000) (2)
- Description of early stages of Chorinea liCursis (fabricius) (rioDiniDae) (2009) (2)
- 0069. Phylogeny of Dasyophthalma butterflies (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Brassolini) (2009) (2)
- Descriptions of Early Stages of Caligo Illioneus Oberon Butler, and C. Idomeneus (L.) From the Lowland Rainforest of Panama (Nymphalidae, Brassolinae), With Remarks on Larval Food Plants for the Subfamily (1999) (2)
- Supernumerary Larval Molts Are Male-Biased and Lead to Larger Pupae Size in Papilio hectorides (Papilionidae) (2018) (2)
- Revised species definitions and nomenclature of the blue and purple/rose Cithaerias/ butterflies (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae). (2021) (1)
- Do Hind Wing Eyespots of Caligo Butterflies Function in Both Mating Behavior and Antipredator Defense? (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) (2020) (1)
- Larval description and hostplant record for Ithomia diasia Hewitson (Nymphalidae: Ithomiinae) in Panama (2000) (1)
- Early stages of Myscelia cyaniris cyaniris (Doubleday) from Panama (Nymphalidae, Nymphalinae) (1999) (1)
- Mesoamerica is a cradle and the Brazilian Atlantic Forest is a museum of Neotropical butterfly diversity (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Brassolini) (2019) (1)
- Large-Scale Climate Effects Meet an Amazonian Butterfly: Which Population Parameters Respond to El Niño? (2017) (1)
- The Ecology and Evolution of Heliconius Butterflies Chris D. Jiggins (2017) (1)
- Catocyclotis aemulius adelina (Riodinidae) revisited: It ain't necessarily so (2004) (1)
- Reviewer Acknowledgments 2017 (2018) (0)
- Follow the Breadcrumb Trail (2015) (0)
- 2001 Biotropica Award for Excellence in Tropical Biology (2001) (0)
- High butterfly beta diversity between Brazilian cerrado and cerrado–caatinga transition zones (2017) (0)
- Did Adult Diurnal Activity Influence the Evolution of Wing Morphology in Opoptera Butterflies? (2015) (0)
- Reinstated status of the butterfly genus Agraulis (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Heliconiinae). (2022) (0)
- Phylogeny of Amathusiini butterflies based on adult morphology (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae). (2021) (0)
- Adult and early-stage characters of Brassolini contain conflicting phylogenetic signal (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) (project) (2020) (0)
- Both Palatable and Unpalatable Butterflies Use Bright Colors to Signal Difficulty of Capture to Predators (2016) (0)
- Diversity and composition of Arctiinae moth assemblages along elevational and spatial dimensions in Brazilian Atlantic Forest (2015) (0)
- Zootaxa, Apodemia paucipuncta (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae) (2006) (0)
- Manuscript Reviewers for 2010 (Volume 64) (2011) (0)
- Description of a New Subspecies of Cunizza hirlanda (Pieridae: Anthocharidini) from Costa Rica (2018) (0)
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